Man was 'alone' when T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh was murdered

Bradley Welsh was shot outside his Edinburgh home two years ago

A man has denied murdering T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh, claiming he was cycling alone at the time of the attack.

Sean Orman is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of shooting the 48-year-old outside his home in Edinburgh's Chester Street.

Mr Welsh was found seriously injured in a stairwell to a basement on 17 April 2019. He later died from his injuries.

Mr Orman, 30, denies 15 charges and has lodged four special defences.

On the first day of the murder trial, the jury was told that Mr Orman maintains he was riding a bike between the Longstone area of Edinburgh, and Kirknewton, West Lothian, at the time of Mr Welsh's death.

He is also accused of the attempted murder of David McMillan, 50, by striking him on the head and boy with a machete or "similar instrument", and assaulting his 25-year-old son, also called David.

'Fractured skull'

Giving evidence, Emma McMillan, 46, told the court that her husband David senior and Mr Welsh had been friends since they were teenagers.

She said she was making dinner for her family on 13 March 2019 when three masked men came into her property in Pitcairn Road, Edinburgh, and attacked her husband.

The court heard one of the three men attacked Mr McMillan with what looked like an "old fashioned sword" but appeared to be blunt.

The jury was also told that Mr McMillan - who sustained a fractured skull and had a bleed on his brain - had told his wife that he didn't want the police to attend the incident.

Mrs McMillan told the court that her son "got hurt" during the confrontation and sustained an injury.

Mr Orman claims a man called Michael Sutherland "and others.. unknown" were responsible for the alleged attacks.

Judge Lord Beckett told jurors that the trial is expected to last about one month.

The trial continues.